Chinese symbol for “escalate”
升级
shēng jí
Traditional: 升級
to go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity); (computing) to upgrade
The closest CC-CEDICT match for escalate is 升级 (shēng jí), defined as: to go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity); (computing) to upgrade.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “escalate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 升温 (升溫) | shēng wēn | to become hot; temperature rise |
| 闹大 (鬧大) | nào dà | (of a person) to make a big fuss about (sth); to make a big deal of; (of an adverse situation) to get ugly; to blow up; to escalate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 升级.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 提升 | tí shēng | to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist |
| 上升 | shàng shēng | to rise; to go up |
| 直升机 (直升機) | zhí shēng jī | helicopter; measure word: 架 (jià) |
| 晋升 (晉升) | jìn shēng | to promote to a higher position |
| 高级 (高級) | gāo jí | high level; high grade |
| 超级 (超級) | chāo jí | super-; ultra- |
| 阶级 (階級) | jiē jí | (social) class; 个 (gè) |
| 一级 (一級) | yī jí | first class; category A |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.